Adirondack, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Horicon town. It lies in ZIP code area 12808. It stands on Mill Brook. The Survey maps it on the Schroon Lake quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1897 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1897 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Schroon Lake quadrangle1:25000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Adirondack between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 11 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | New York Forest Rangers | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Adirondack: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berebe Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | 1925 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite | Occurrence | Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adirondack in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adirondack | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Flood | Adirondack | - | The melting of a deep snowpack led to moderate or higher river flooding across portions of the upper Hudson River basin, including the Schroon River.||Snow water equivalents of nearly one foot began to melt during a warm period beginning around April 10th, and led to river flooding which persisted through the end of April.||Along the Schroon River, at least one permanent home, along with a few summer camps were flooded. In addition, the New York State Canal Corporation was unable to open the Hudson-Champlain Canal in April due to high water levels. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adirondack | - | One tree, and multiple wires were reported down in Adirondack due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pottersville | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Brant Lake | 6.1 miles | 29 | |
| Starbuckville | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| South Horicon | 7.6 miles | 26 | |
| Chestertown | 8.0 miles | 26 | |
| Igerna | 9.0 miles | 26 | |
| Riparius | 10.2 miles | 26 | |
| Graphite | 10.4 miles | 28 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Adirondack | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48740120 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 942185. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









